NSI IMPACT ’26
APRIL 20-22
WESTFIELDS MARRIOTT
CHANTILLY, VA
Impact Track 1 –
Operational Security Leadership
Impact Track 1 –
Operational Security Leadership
Who Should Attend?
Security Directors • Senior Security Managers • Program Security Managers • Directors of Federal Security • Directors of Compliance • Business Unit Security Managers • Regional Security Manager • Senior Managers of Security Programs • Corporate Security Managers • Heads of Program Security • Security Operations Manager • Research/Mission Assurance Security Manager • Security Operations Executives
Who Else Should Consider Attending?
Corporate FSOs • Key Operational Support Leaders
What is This Track All About?
This track is fundamentally an interactive forum that platforms accomplished operational security leaders.
Join this track to learn what does and doesn’t work for your colleagues and peers in other organizations. Get real, actionable insights and successful practices you can adapt to your own structure, culture, and current level of operational maturity.
Impact Sessions in This Track
From Inspection Prep to Continuous Readiness
Modernizing Security Oversight: Turning Data and Digital Tools Into Force Multipliers
Managing Security Across Multiple Sites and Programs Without Losing Control
Getting IT, HR and Program Teams on Board for Mutual Benefit
Trusted Workforce at Scale: Managing Continuous Vetting and SEAD-3 Across Thousands
Building an Enterprise Evidence COE: Turning Readiness Data into a Living System
JML and IAM Integration for Security: Making Access and Readiness Move in Sync
Strategies to Build and Sustain a High-Performing Security Team
Impact Sessions
From Inspection Prep to Continuous Readiness
From Inspection Prep to Continuous Readiness – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve moved beyond (or you’re trying to) inspection sprints; the challenge now is keeping readiness steady at scale. This session is for leaders building predictable, repeatable assurance—comparing models and approaches from larger enterprises that connect self-inspections, CAPs, and evidence into a durable operating rhythm, so proof stays current and leadership stays confident all year.
You’ve moved beyond (or you’re trying to) inspection sprints; the challenge now is keeping readiness steady at scale. This session is for leaders building predictable, repeatable assurance—comparing models and approaches from larger enterprises that connect self-inspections, CAPs, and evidence into a durable operating rhythm, so proof stays current and leadership stays confident all year.
Why This Session Matters
This session brings you three distinct vantage points within large-enterprise readiness—corporate oversight, enterprise governance, and distributed operations. You’ll hear directly from peers across different organizational archetypes sharing what has worked, what hasn’t, and what they’d do differently. The goal isn’t to prescribe a single “right” model, but to offer practical insight you can adapt to your own structure, culture, and maturity level. The conversation moves from concept through implementation to stress test, giving you grounded lessons from real experience to refine your own continuous-readiness system.
This session brings you three distinct vantage points within large-enterprise readiness—corporate oversight, enterprise governance, and distributed operations. You’ll hear directly from peers across different organizational archetypes sharing what has worked, what hasn’t, and what they’d do differently. The goal isn’t to prescribe a single “right” model, but to offer practical insight you can adapt to your own structure, culture, and maturity level. The conversation moves from concept through implementation to stress test, giving you grounded lessons from real experience to refine your own continuous-readiness system.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 – Building the Enterprise Readiness Rhythm – Corporate FSO / Director of Industrial Security
Part 2 — Turning Findings into Foresight – Senior Manager of Security Governance & Assurance
Part 3 — Readiness in a Challenging Culture – Security Assurance Lead from an FFRDC or UARC
Part 1 – Building the Enterprise Readiness Rhythm – Corporate FSO / Director of Industrial Security
Part 2 — Turning Findings into Foresight – Senior Manager of Security Governance & Assurance
Part 3 — Readiness in a Challenging Culture – Security Assurance Lead from an FFRDC or UARC
Modernizing Security Oversight: Turning Data and Digital Tools Into Force Multipliers
Modernizing Security Oversight: Turning Data and Digital Tools Into Force Multipliers – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve already built the fundamentals of oversight; the next challenge is proving control through data that stands up under inspection. This session is for enterprise security leaders working to make oversight measurable, traceable, and defensible—turning digital tools and data integrity into lasting confidence.
You’ll hear from counterparts who manage oversight at enterprise scale, showing how they’re defining single sources of truth for personnel, training, access, and incident data, and using automation to replace fragmented spreadsheets with governed workflows. They’ll show how standardized KPIs and reconciliation rules create visibility leadership can trust and inspectors can verify. The focus is on outcomes, not tools: fewer manual merges, stronger data credibility, and proof that stays inspection-ready year-round.
You’ve already built the fundamentals of oversight; the next challenge is proving control through data that stands up under inspection. This session is for enterprise security leaders working to make oversight measurable, traceable, and defensible—turning digital tools and data integrity into lasting confidence.
You’ll hear from counterparts who manage oversight at enterprise scale, showing how they’re defining single sources of truth for personnel, training, access, and incident data, and using automation to replace fragmented spreadsheets with governed workflows. They’ll show how standardized KPIs and reconciliation rules create visibility leadership can trust and inspectors can verify. The focus is on outcomes, not tools: fewer manual merges, stronger data credibility, and proof that stays inspection-ready year-round.
Why This Session Matters
Modern oversight succeeds when governance and data work as one. This session brings you two complementary perspectives from enterprise programs: the operational leader who owns inspection outcomes and the architect who builds the systems behind them. Together, they reveal how clear ownership, automation, and rhythm sustain oversight credibility across complex organizations.
The conversation moves from model through integration to sustainment, showing how to connect metrics to evidence and transform oversight from reactive to repeatable. You’ll gain grounded lessons from real peers—insights you can adapt immediately to strengthen your own data-driven readiness system and keep confidence high between inspections.
Modern oversight succeeds when governance and data work as one. This session brings you two complementary perspectives from enterprise programs: the operational leader who owns inspection outcomes and the architect who builds the systems behind them. Together, they reveal how clear ownership, automation, and rhythm sustain oversight credibility across complex organizations.
The conversation moves from model through integration to sustainment, showing how to connect metrics to evidence and transform oversight from reactive to repeatable. You’ll gain grounded lessons from real peers—insights you can adapt immediately to strengthen your own data-driven readiness system and keep confidence high between inspections.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 — Building the Data-Credible Oversight Model – Corporate FSO / Director of Industrial Security
Part 2 — Turning Oversight Data Into Action – Security Data & Tooling Architect
Part 1 — Building the Data-Credible Oversight Model – Corporate FSO / Director of Industrial Security
Part 2 — Turning Oversight Data Into Action – Security Data & Tooling Architect
Managing Security Across Multiple Sites and Programs Without Losing Control
Managing Security Across Multiple Sites and Programs Without Losing Control – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You lead across distance: multiple sites, programs, customers—and the compliance risks don’t wait for travel schedules. This session is for senior security leaders who need consistency and control at scale without turning enterprise oversight into command-and-control. You’ll get an inside look at approaches used by your peers that set clear minimums (cadence, artifacts, KPIs), define decision rights and variances, and turn findings into foresight—so alignment holds across regions, customers, and operating cultures even when you can’t be everywhere.
You lead across distance: multiple sites, programs, customers—and compliance risks don’t wait for travel schedules. This session is for senior security leaders who need consistency and control at scale without turning enterprise oversight into command-and-control. You’ll get an inside look at approaches used by your peers that set clear minimums (cadence, artifacts, KPIs), define decision rights and variances, and turn findings into foresight—so alignment holds across regions, customers, and operating cultures even when you can’t be everywhere.
Why This Session Matters
This conversation is about how multi-site governance actually endures under real organizational conditions. You’ll hear three peer perspectives—corporate oversight, enterprise governance, and regional execution—sharing what has worked, what hasn’t, and what they’d do differently. The aim isn’t a single model; it’s peer-tested approaches you can adapt: how to standardize without smothering, how to turn data into risk and resourcing decisions (not just dashboards), and how to keep trust and visibility intact across different customers and cultures. You’ll leave with practical patterns and artifacts you can lift and fit to your own portfolio.
This conversation is about how multi-site governance actually endures under real organizational conditions. You’ll hear three peer perspectives—corporate oversight, enterprise governance, and regional execution—sharing what has worked, what hasn’t, and what they’d do differently. The aim isn’t a single model; it’s peer-tested approaches you can adapt: how to standardize without smothering, how to turn data into risk and resourcing decisions (not just dashboards), and how to keep trust and visibility intact across different customers and cultures. You’ll leave with practical patterns and artifacts you can lift and fit to your own portfolio.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 – Design for Consistency Without Command-and-Control – Corporate FSO/Director of Security
Part 2 – Turn Findings into Foresight – Senior Manager or Director, Security Governance & Assurance
Part 3 – Running Oversight at the Edge – Regional or Division Security Lead
Part 1 – Design for Consistency Without Command-and-Control – Corporate FSO/Director of Security
Part 2 – Turn Findings into Foresight – Senior Manager or Director, Security Governance & Assurance
Part 3 – Running Oversight at the Edge – Regional or Division Security Lead
Getting IT, HR, and Program Teams on Board for Mutual Benefit
Getting IT, HR and Program Teams on Board for Mutual Benefit – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve built strong oversight systems, but keeping readiness steady depends on more than Security alone. This session is for leaders working to create true shared accountability with IT, HR, and Program teams—so critical security actions don’t stall when ownership crosses functions.
You’ll hear from counterparts who manage enterprise oversight across multiple functions, showing how they’ve turned coordination into enforceable systems: shared SLAs, cross-functional RACIs, and automated workflows that keep eligibility, access, and incident data synchronized. They’ll show how clear ownership, digital handoffs, and recurring governance rhythms turn cooperation from a favor into a documented process. The focus is on outcomes that hold up under inspection—defined roles, faster response, fewer handoffs lost in translation, and one version of the truth across Security, HR, IT, and Program operations.
You’ve built strong oversight systems, but keeping readiness steady depends on more than Security alone. This session is for leaders working to create true shared accountability with IT, HR, and Program teams—so critical security actions don’t stall when ownership crosses functions.
You’ll hear from counterparts who manage enterprise oversight across multiple functions, showing how they’ve turned coordination into enforceable systems: shared SLAs, cross-functional RACIs, and automated workflows that keep eligibility, access, and incident data synchronized. They’ll show how clear ownership, digital handoffs, and recurring governance rhythms turn cooperation from a favor into a documented process. The focus is on outcomes that hold up under inspection—defined roles, faster response, fewer handoffs lost in translation, and one version of the truth across Security, HR, IT, and Program operations.
Why This Session Matters
Modern programs only succeed when oversight and operations move together. This session brings three interconnected vantage points within enterprise readiness: the Corporate FSO who drives accountability, the HR leader who connects personnel actions to clearance and reporting requirements, and the IT security manager who transforms data and control evidence into shared proof. Together, they show how large organizations are re-engineering cross-functional workflows so readiness can scale without adding bureaucracy.
The conversation moves from ownership through wiring to sustainment, revealing practical models for defining joint SLAs, reconciling data between systems, and embedding readiness metrics into daily operations. You’ll leave with replicable approaches you can adapt immediately to strengthen partnerships, accelerate evidence flow, and keep compliance pressure evenly distributed across every function that touches security.
Modern programs only succeed when oversight and operations move together. This session brings three interconnected vantage points within enterprise readiness: the Corporate FSO who drives accountability, the HR leader who connects personnel actions to clearance and reporting requirements, and the IT security manager who transforms data and control evidence into shared proof. Together, they show how large organizations are re-engineering cross-functional workflows so readiness can scale without adding bureaucracy.
The conversation moves from ownership through wiring to sustainment, revealing practical models for defining joint SLAs, reconciling data between systems, and embedding readiness metrics into daily operations. You’ll leave with replicable approaches you can adapt immediately to strengthen partnerships, accelerate evidence flow, and keep compliance pressure evenly distributed across every function that touches security.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 — Making Shared Accountability Real – Corporate FSO / Director of Industrial Security
Part 2 — Building the HR and Personnel Connection – HR / Personnel Security Leader
Part 3 — Integrating IT and Cyber Workflows – IT / ISSM or Cyber Risk Manager
Part 1 — Making Shared Accountability Real – Corporate FSO / Director of Industrial Security
Part 2 — Building the HR and Personnel Connection – HR / Personnel Security Leader
Part 3 — Integrating IT and Cyber Workflows – IT / ISSM or Cyber Risk Manager
Trusted Workforce at Scale: Managing Continuous Vetting and SEAD-3 Across Thousands
Trusted Workforce at Scale: Managing Continuous Vetting and SEAD-3 Across Thousands – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve already built a strong personnel security foundation—the challenge now is sustaining trust across thousands. This session focuses on the systems, partnerships, and oversight rhythms that make large-scale continuous vetting and SEAD-3 compliance work in real organizations. You’ll hear how enterprise security leaders are managing volume, complexity, and constant change without losing proof, context, or confidence—turning what used to be transactional clearance management into a measurable, continuously monitored trust framework.
You’ve already built a strong personnel security foundation—the challenge now is sustaining trust across thousands. This session focuses on the systems, partnerships, and oversight rhythms that make large-scale continuous vetting and SEAD-3 compliance work in real organizations. You’ll hear how enterprise security leaders are managing volume, complexity, and constant change without losing proof, context, or confidence—turning what used to be transactional clearance management into a measurable, continuously monitored trust framework.
Why This Session Matters
Trusted Workforce reforms have reshaped how personnel security is verified and maintained—but scale changes everything. This conversation brings together leaders from across enterprise programs—corporate PERSEC oversight, IT integration, and field implementation—to show how the Trusted Workforce model operates in motion. You’ll hear what’s working, what’s breaking, and what’s being rebuilt to keep continuous vetting credible across thousands of cleared employees. The discussion moves from system design through workflow integration to stress test under audit, giving you field-tested models to strengthen your own CV and SEAD-3 processes.
Trusted Workforce reforms have reshaped how personnel security is verified and maintained—but scale changes everything. This conversation brings together leaders from across enterprise programs—corporate PERSEC oversight, IT integration, and field implementation—to show how the Trusted Workforce model operates in motion. You’ll hear what’s working, what’s breaking, and what’s being rebuilt to keep continuous vetting credible across thousands of cleared employees. The discussion moves from system design through workflow integration to stress test under audit, giving you field-tested models to strengthen your own CV and SEAD-3 processes.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 – Engineering Trust at Enterprise Scale – Speaker: Personnel Security Director or VP, Security
Part 2 – Linking Continuous Vetting and SEAD-3 Duties – Speaker: Senior Security Governance or Insider Threat Program Manager
Part 3 – Sustaining Performance Under Pressure – Speaker: Security Operations Lead or CV Program Manager from a Large Enterprise or FFRDC
Part 1 – Engineering Trust at Enterprise Scale – Speaker: Personnel Security Director or VP, Security
Part 2 – Linking Continuous Vetting and SEAD-3 Duties – Speaker: Senior Security Governance or Insider Threat Program Manager
Part 3 – Sustaining Performance Under Pressure – Speaker: Security Operations Lead or CV Program Manager from a Large Enterprise or FFRDC
Building an Enterprise Evidence COE: Turning Readiness Data into a Living System
Building an Enterprise Evidence COE: Turning Readiness Data into a Living System – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve built strong inspection processes—the challenge now is keeping evidence alive between them. This session explores how leading organizations are building Centers of Excellence (COEs) for readiness data: central hubs that transform scattered inspection artifacts, CAP findings, and audit metrics into a living assurance system. You’ll see how enterprise leaders are connecting local site data, corporate dashboards, and governance processes into one sustained proof cycle—so readiness isn’t just documented; it’s demonstrable at any moment.
You’ve built strong inspection processes—the challenge now is keeping evidence alive between them. This session explores how leading organizations are building Centers of Excellence (COEs) for readiness data: central hubs that transform scattered inspection artifacts, CAP findings, and audit metrics into a living assurance system. You’ll see how enterprise leaders are connecting local site data, corporate dashboards, and governance processes into one sustained proof cycle—so readiness isn’t just documented; it’s demonstrable at any moment.
Why This Session Matters
Every inspection cycle generates a flood of data—but without structure, most of it dies in spreadsheets. This conversation brings together leaders who’ve made readiness data continuous, not episodic—turning inspection evidence into a dynamic feedback loop that guides improvement, shapes policy, and reduces audit pressure. You’ll hear how large contractors, FFRDCs, and multi-site organizations are institutionalizing what works by building shared infrastructure, ownership models, and metrics that endure. The discussion moves from data collection through evidence curation to operational integration, showing how to transform compliance data into a sustained source of truth and confidence.
Every inspection cycle generates a flood of data—but without structure, most of it dies in spreadsheets. This conversation brings together leaders who’ve made readiness data continuous, not episodic—turning inspection evidence into a dynamic feedback loop that guides improvement, shapes policy, and reduces audit pressure. You’ll hear how large contractors, FFRDCs, and multi-site organizations are institutionalizing what works by building shared infrastructure, ownership models, and metrics that endure. The discussion moves from data collection through evidence curation to operational integration, showing how to transform compliance data into a sustained source of truth and confidence.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 —Designing the Evidence Framework – Speaker: Corporate Director of Governance, Assurance & Readiness
Part 2 — From Collection to Connection – Speaker: Enterprise Data Systems or Analytics Lead
Part 3 — Embedding a Culture of Evidence – Speaker: Enterprise Security Operations or Continuous Improvement Lead
Part 1 —Designing the Evidence Framework – Speaker: Corporate Director of Governance, Assurance & Readiness
Part 2 — From Collection to Connection – Speaker: Enterprise Data Systems or Analytics Lead
Part 3 — Embedding a Culture of Evidence – Speaker: Enterprise Security Operations or Continuous Improvement Lead
JML and IAM Integration for Security: Making Access and Readiness Move in Sync
JML and IAM Integration for Security: Making Access and Readiness Move in Sync – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve already built solid personnel and facility controls—the next challenge is keeping access, eligibility, and readiness synchronized across systems. This session focuses on how security leaders are integrating Join–Move–Leave (JML) and Identity & Access Management (IAM) processes to maintain real-time alignment between personnel status, system access, and classified or CUI handling authority. You’ll see how forward-leaning organizations are connecting HR, IT, and Security workflows so readiness actions—eligibility updates, access revokes, reinvestigations—move automatically, accurately, and with traceable proof.
You’ve already built solid personnel and facility controls—the next challenge is keeping access, eligibility, and readiness synchronized across systems. This session focuses on how security leaders are integrating Join–Move–Leave (JML) and Identity & Access Management (IAM) processes to maintain real-time alignment between personnel status, system access, and classified or CUI handling authority. You’ll see how forward-leaning organizations are connecting HR, IT, and Security workflows so readiness actions—eligibility updates, access revokes, reinvestigations—move automatically, accurately, and with traceable proof.
Why This Session Matters
In modern cleared operations, readiness breaks where systems don’t talk. When HR actions lag, IT tickets misfire, or PERSEC updates stall, audit exposure grows. This session brings together leaders who’ve built bridges across HRIS, IAM, and Security systems—turning what used to be manual handoffs into coordinated assurance flows. You’ll hear how they’ve defined ownership, built validation gates, and created shared metrics that keep trust and access aligned. The discussion moves from architecture design through workflow integration to stress test under inspection, offering peer-tested practices you can adapt to tighten control and reduce vulnerability without slowing the mission.
In modern cleared operations, readiness breaks where systems don’t talk. When HR actions lag, IT tickets misfire, or PERSEC updates stall, audit exposure grows. This session brings together leaders who’ve built bridges across HRIS, IAM, and Security systems—turning what used to be manual handoffs into coordinated assurance flows. You’ll hear how they’ve defined ownership, built validation gates, and created shared metrics that keep trust and access aligned. The discussion moves from architecture design through workflow integration to stress test under inspection, offering peer-tested practices you can adapt to tighten control and reduce vulnerability without slowing the mission.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 –Building the Backbone: Designing the Integrated Architecture – Speaker: Corporate Security Systems or Governance Director
Part 2 –Automation Meets Accountability – Speaker: Enterprise IAM or IT Security Architect
Part 3 –Readiness in Motion: Operating the Loop – Speaker: Program Security or Facility Operations Lead from a Large Contractor or FFRDC
Part 1 –Building the Backbone: Designing the Integrated Architecture – Speaker: Corporate Security Systems or Governance Director
Part 2 –Automation Meets Accountability – Speaker: Enterprise IAM or IT Security Architect
Part 3 –Readiness in Motion: Operating the Loop – Speaker: Program Security or Facility Operations Lead from a Large Contractor or FFRDC
Strategies to Build and Sustain a High-Performing Security Team
Strategies to Build and Sustain a High-Performing Security Team – 90 Minutes
Session Description
You’ve built compliance and systems—now the real work is sustaining the people who make them succeed. This session focuses on how security leaders build, develop, and retain high-performing teams in a demanding cleared-security environment. You’ll hear how experienced leaders balance technical skill with mission alignment, create growth paths that keep talent engaged, and cultivate cultures where accountability, readiness, and collaboration thrive—so performance doesn’t depend on a few experts but endures across the entire team.
You’ve built compliance and systems—now the real work is sustaining the people who make them succeed. This session focuses on how security leaders build, develop, and retain high-performing teams in a demanding cleared-security environment. You’ll hear how experienced leaders balance technical skill with mission alignment, create growth paths that keep talent engaged, and cultivate cultures where accountability, readiness, and collaboration thrive—so performance doesn’t depend on a few experts but endures across the entire team.
Why This Session Matters
Security performance is powered by people, yet most programs are structured around checklists. This session brings together senior leaders who’ve built strong, stable security organizations through deliberate leadership systems—not luck. You’ll hear how they recruit for mindset as much as skill, design cross-training that prevents single-point failure, and develop succession pipelines that sustain capability through turnover and change. The discussion moves from team design through culture development to performance sustainment, revealing how great leaders turn compliance pressure into purpose and career growth.
Security performance is powered by people, yet most programs are structured around checklists. This session brings together senior leaders who’ve built strong, stable security organizations through deliberate leadership systems—not luck. You’ll hear how they recruit for mindset as much as skill, design cross-training that prevents single-point failure, and develop succession pipelines that sustain capability through turnover and change. The discussion moves from team design through culture development to performance sustainment, revealing how great leaders turn compliance pressure into purpose and career growth.
Content & Presenters
Part 1 — Designing for Performance – Speaker: Director of Industrial Security or Corp Security Leader
Part 2 — Building Culture and Capability – Speaker: Senior Manager of Security Operations or Learning & Development Lead
Part 3 — Sustaining Excellence Through Change – Speaker: Executive or Program Leader from a Large Contractor or FFRDC
Part 1 — Designing for Performance – Speaker: Director of Industrial Security or Corp Security Leader
Part 2 — Building Culture and Capability – Speaker: Senior Manager of Security Operations or Learning & Development Lead
Part 3 — Sustaining Excellence Through Change – Speaker: Executive or Program Leader from a Large Contractor or FFRDC
NSI IMPACT ’26
APRIL 20-22
WESTFIELDS MARRIOTT
CHANTILLY, VA